Fisterra

Fisterra or Finisterre means "land's end" and is in near the northwest tip of Spain. The name refers both to the rugged headland and the nearby village, which had a population of 4700 in 2021.
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  • Type: Village with 2,650 residents
  • Description: municipality of Spain
  • Also known as: “15037”, “Finisterre (España)”, “Fisterra / Finisterre”, “Fisterra Finisterre”, and “Фіністерре”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Church of Santa María das Areas and Fisterra town hall.

Church
Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez, CC BY 2.0.
Igrexa de Santa María das Areas is a church in Fisterra, , , .

Town hall
Photo: Estevoaei, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Castle
Photo: Estevoaei, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include A Anchoa and San Salvador de Duio.

Neighborhood
Photo: Estevoaei, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a neighborhood.

Hamlet
Photo: Lameiro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet.

Hamlet
Photo: Estevoaei, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet.

Fisterra

Latitude
42.9065° or 42° 54′ 23″ north
Longitude
-9.2638° or 9° 15′ 50″ west
Population
2,650
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
UN/LOCODE
ES FNE
Open location code
8CJGWP4P+HF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 272443612
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
6357307
Wiki­data ID
Q732090
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Fisterra” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Fisterra”
  • Arabic: “فيستيرا”
  • Aragonese: “Fisterra”
  • Asturian: “Fisterra”
  • Basque: “Fisterra”
  • Breton: “Fisterra”
  • Catalan: “Fisterra”
  • Cebuano: “Fisterra”
  • Chechen: “Финистерре (Ла-Корунья)”
  • Chechen: “Финистерре”
  • Chinese: “菲尼斯特雷”
  • Czech: “Fisterra”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Fisterra”
  • Dutch: “Fisterra”
  • French: “Finisterre”
  • Galician: “Fisterra”
  • Georgian: “ფინისტერე (ლა-კორუნია)”
  • Georgian: “ფინისტერე”
  • German: “Fisterra”
  • Hungarian: “Finisterre”
  • Hungarian: “Fisterra”
  • Interlingua: “Fisterra”
  • Interlingue: “Fisterra”
  • Irish: “Fisterra”
  • Italian: “Finisterre”
  • Japanese: “フィステーラ”
  • Ladin: “Fisterra”
  • Lithuanian: “Fistera”
  • Lombard: “Fisterra”
  • Luxembourgish: “Finisterre”
  • Macedonian: “Фистера”
  • Malay: “Fisterra”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Fisterra”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Fisterra”
  • Persian: “فیسترا”
  • Polish: “Fisterra”
  • Portuguese: “Finisterra”
  • Russian: “Финистерре”
  • Slovak: “Fisterra”
  • South Azerbaijani: “فیسترا”
  • Spanish: “Finisterre”
  • Spanish: “Fisterra”
  • Swedish: “Fisterra”
  • Tatar: “Финистерре (Ла-Корунья)”
  • Tatar: “Финистерре”
  • Turkish: “Fisterra”
  • Ukrainian: “Фістерра”
  • Urdu: “فیسترا”
  • Uzbek: “Finisterre”
  • Venetian: “Finisterre (Spagna)”
  • Venetian: “Finisterre”
  • Vietnamese: “Fisterra”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Fisterra”
  • “Fisterra”

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